Propulsion

Considering McFadden-Style Motor Mounts

Posted Fri, 02/19/2010 - 05:58 by Brian

After a recent facebook exchange with Greg McFadden I noticed his February 7 post on RC Naval Combat showing the work he is doing on his SMS Baden. I really like how he integrated the motor mounts into the stuffing tubes. Its basically a two component setup - the first is a bracket that allows him to easily adjust the distance of the motor from the prop-shaft - this makes it easy to use a belt to drive the propellor. It also allowed him to place the motors aft of the stuffing tube (something I am going to also probably need)

Looking at Gear Boxes

Posted Sun, 01/10/2010 - 14:29 by Drew

I was thinking today that Brian has a lathe so he could probably bore out the pinions used in the gearboxes on Huntington rather precisely. When I did it back in the day I was using a hand drill so they're not exactly straight or precise and hence wobble a bit.